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THE HONGKONG

TELEGRAPH.

FEBRUARY WEDNESDAY,

9, 1988.

"SEEDED" PLAYER MAY NOT ENTER SEMI-FINALS

T. F. YONG HAS

A HARD TASK AHEAD OF HIM

DRAW OF BADMINTON CHAMPIONSHIPS

(By "Abo")

Judging by the draw, made yesterday evening, of the local Badminton Championships, M. A. Oliveira, P. H. Wong (holder), P. K. Hui and T. F. Yong have obviously been "seeded" in the Singles, but all four cannot be regarded as certain of reaching the semi-finals.

In the top halt, Ollyelra and Wong have no opposition at all, and it seems certain that they wilt, clash in the penultimate round. But in the bot- tom half are several good mea who may provide one or two surprises. Huis fortunate in that he has only to bent either F. Tsong or J. A. Chen to get into the semi-final, and that he will do so is a foregone conclusion. I am not so sure of T. F. Yong, how- ever,. If Au beats J. L. Anderson and this match appears to be the best

of the Arst-round ties--he should give a very good account of himself, and it would not surprise me In the least to see him overcome the Uni- versity stalwart.

Personally I think that the sem!- finalisis will be M. A. Oliveira v. P. II. Wong, and P. K. Hul v. C. Au.

In the Doubles, the four pairs which have been "seeded" appear to be II. Wong and C. Au, L. A. Carvalho and A. M. Silva, P. K. Hul and K. L. Yong, and M. A. Oliveira and J. J. Remedios.

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tirat Here again, I am not sure these four combinations will enter the seni-Anals. P. H. Wong and C. Au, P. K. Hui and K. L. Yong, and M. A. Oliveira and J J. Remedios are

only most certain of doing so, the doubtful pair being L. A. Carvalho and A. M. Silva: The reason why I doubt the claims of Carvalho and Silva is that in their second round ind have match they will probably meet C. K. Lee and C. O. Lee, of the University, who are the best pair and in the first round. Carvalho Silva, however, are regarded in some quarters as the best doubles combing- tion at the Club de lecreio, M. A. Oliveira and J. J. Remedios notwith- standing.

LIKELY FINALISTS

The semi-finalists will very likely be Wang and Au v. Lee and Lee or Carvalho and Silva;. HuLand Yong_y. Oliveira and Itemedios.

Unless I am very much mistaken, nothing short of a miracle will pre- vant Wong and Au from moeling ini and Yong in the Anal.

The draw resulted as follows:

MEN'S SINGLES ·

M. A. Oliveira, bye; S. Y. Hon. v. A. L. Fisher, N. A. E Mackay v. S. W. Clark: Patrick Wong, bye.

P. K. Hul, bye: F Tsang v. J. A. Chen, J. L. Anderson v. C. Au, T. F. Yong, bye,

MEN'S DOUBLES

T. H.. Wong and C. Au, bye; J. A. Chen and F. Taung v. F. Kwok and G.. Smith: N. A. E. Mackay and

A. Chan v. C. 5. Lee and C. O. Lee: LA. Carvalho und A. M. Silva, bye,

P. K. Hut and K. L. Yong, bye; P Wilson and N. Smith v. S. W. Clark and A. L. Fisher; H. A. Barros and H. A. Alves v. P. Y. Lo and J. Tsang: M. A. Oliveira and 3. J. Remedios, bye.

MIXED DOUBLES

P. 1. Wong and Miss M. Cheung (bye) v. II. A. Barros and Miss A Wright (bye); J. L. Anderson and Miss M. Grifiths v. A. Keown and Miss I. Cunningham; H. A. Alves and Mrs. Castro v. M. A. Oliveira and Miss M. Silva; P. K. Hui and Miss U. Khon v. A. L. Fisher and Miss M. Ribeiro: Mr. and Mrs. S. W. Clark (hye) L. A. Carvalho and Miss A. C. Remedios (bye) v, J. J. Remedios and Miss O. Ribeiro. (bye).

OPENING PROGRAMME

The opening programme will be played on Wednesday, February 18 when the following matches will be played at the Club de Recreio:

0.30 F. Tsung v. J. A. Chen (Singles),

7.00 N. A. E. Mackay and A. Chen v. C. K. Lee and C. O. Lee (Doubles).

7.30 J. L. Anderson and Miss M. Grimths v. A. Keown and Miss I. Cunningham (Mixed Doubles).

0.00 S. Y. Hon. v. A. L. Fisher (Singles),

Photo taken recently of the Central British School cricket team. Scated in the centre are the Rev.

G. E. S. Upsdell (Headmaster) and Mr. W. Mulcahy. (Photo: King's Studio).

THIS CUP FOOTBALL IS A

GRIM BUSINESS

Failure Will Cost

Arsenal

£10,000

By Arbiller (Frank M. Carruthers)

London, Jan. 5.

To every Cup-tie hangs a story of hope and tribulation. The win alag players feel their feci on the road leading to Wembley, while for the club victory means at least another gale and Hosalbiy great pros- perity.

Play the beaten team. Their hopes, have been rudely shattered and they have the defection of failure.

Truly Cup football is a desperately serious business by which the lives of men and clubs are shaped.

For the club defeat probably means pinching and scraping to balance the budget or to keep the bank overdraft down to the minimum.

A New Swimming Record

Copenhagen, Feb. 8.

ONE MORE

RECORD

BRADMAN GOES ON AND ON

When he was dismissed for 54 in the Sheffield Shield match against Victoria recently Bradman had scor- vd 6,280 runs in Sheffield Shield cricket. This is 6 runs better than the previous record, which established by Clem Hill.

rung

was

to

Petersen Will Fight Again

"IF I GET REASONABLE

OFFER"

London, Jan.0.

JACK PETERSEN IS COMING BACK TO THE RING.

He made this clear to the Sunday Chronicle last night while all the boxing world was discussing his refusal to accept a £20,000 contract offered by his father on behalf of a syndicate..

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Jack Petersen, former

I

A TEMPTING OFFER

heavy- "It was a contract for 12 months, weight champion of Great Britain, but no stipulation was made as to has been on the retired list since last the number of fights. April, when a Londen eye specialist advised him to give up fighting be- cause of the danger to his sight.

"I will certainly returns to the boxing game," said Jock, "I and when I get a reasonable offer.

"I would be a fool to turn down an attractive proposition.

"If a promoter comes along with one I shall certainly consider it.

"Why did I refuse my father's offer? Simply because It was not good enough.

"An offer of 20,000 for a single contest, which it was reported was made to me the other day, is the type of offer I should consider.

“A return to the ring might härm my eyes, but I should have to take the risk.

"Since my retirement I have been keeping fit, and it would take me about two months to get back into boxing trimi."

PHENOMENAL RISE

OF TABLE TENNIS

OVER 70,000 PLAYERS IN BRITAIN ALONE

London, January 16. ADD together a fourpenny celluloid ball, a 3s. 6d. wooden bal, a large table, and a strip of green netting about 6in. high, and the result is a game that:

Has more than 70,000 players in Britain. Brings the teams of 16 nations to London.

Draws 90,000 spectators, who pay £5,000 to watch one week's play.

Such is the rise in popularity of a game played by children on o par- lour table score of years ago. It

world's

major

English

pay 3s. dd, a year. And with n total revenue of £3,000 a central office in London is maintained, and mega- zine published,

It was made in about half the Lime, however, and it seems likely is no longer "ping-pong," but table that the figures that will be establennis, one of the

hed by Bradman before he re-sports.

The 4,000 clubs in the res will assume gigantic propor-Table Tennis Association cach pay tions.

He needs only about 30 establish new figures in first-class cricket. 1ll now holds that record, wlih 17,221 runs.

In 1928 the first international cham- There are few records now maining for Bradman to better, but plonship matches were held in Lun- competed. The there is one that Bradman will not don. Six nations establish for some time. That is the "Bate" money was £150. This year, greatest age of a player in first- from January 24 to 20, 10 nations are sending their teams to London. The class cricket. Dr. W. G. Gruce Albert Hall and the Empire Pool at played his last first-class game when Wembley have been secured for the he was nged 59 years. Bradman Is

Dccasion.

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The Danish ladies' swimming team, including Ragnhild Hve- ger, holder of six world's re- cords, established a new world League gates are likely to slump figure of 4 mins, 29.7 seconds immediately unless a bld_can_be-for-the-four-times-1.00 metres.now aged 20 years, so he has to walt

R.W.V. Robins made for the championship.

And Middlesex

"I am not yet in a position to say whether it is possible for me to carry on for another full season. It goes without saying that I would very much like to.

The most open event is the Mixed Doubles, in which several good pairs H. Wong is are participating. P. making his Orst attempt here and will be partnered by Miss M. Cheung who turned out for the C.R.C. before. As holders, P. K. Hul and Miss U. Khoo

will

established be favourites, but in J. J. Remedios and Miss O. Ribeiro, M. A. Oliveiro and Miss M. Silva, Wong and Miss Cheung, and J. L. Anderson and Miss .Grimths, the champions will And sex next season can be taken for

serlous opposition.

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This was the reply made by R. W. V. Robina to a statement made re- cently that "his caplaincy of Middle-

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winning teams attract the crowds, and to go out of the Cup competition means to go out of favour.

THE WORST FEATURE

This is the worst feature of all. Clubs compete knowing that they are entering on a huge gamble, and so serious is the loss of prestige when they are knocked out that they are often left to reflect that they would have been better off if they had not taken part in the event.

It is inevitable

misfortunca

free style relay to-day, beating by 3.1 seconds the previous re- cord by the Dutch national team. Reuter,

been lost through men trying too hard to win. In this case. the play- ers made a magnificent response, and by the success they achieved opened up a new era for the club.

too that the These conditions obtain in every troubles of the clubs become the tie to be played on Saturday, even to

In the clubs of the First Division. of the players. order that money may be raised, some of them probably have to be transferred. Or they may have to submit to a reduction of their wares during the summer, or their suspension.

If the Arsenal are knocked out by Bolton Wanderers it may be equivalent to a penalty of £10,000, and even more unless they remain In the running for The League championship.

30 years to break that recordi

CHAMPION'S HANDICAP.

NO WORD FROM TILDEN

Local Officials Not Sure If He Is Coming

(By "Abe")

Since last September no word has

The feature of the match was the Seats cost up to 10s. Gd., and Judg-been received from "Big-Bil"-Tilden. as to whether ho is bringing his professionals to troupe of tennis bowling of Fleetwood-Smith, who ing by advance bookings, it is ex-

pected

that "standing-room only" fongkong for a series of exhibition Look eight of the nine wickets that signs will be used for the finals. fell.

(Since then, Bradman has bettered Clem Ill's second record).

JOE HULME

LEAVES

| ARSENAL

Eire and Northern Ireland are combining In sending over an all- Ireland team. Egypt is sending a team for the first time.

matches,

Though it is known that he and. Uirce other pro's, Henri Cochet, A. G. V. Barna, the Hungarian world Burke and R. Ramillon, will appear. in Manila in exhibitions on February champion, has been playing match

10, 12 and 13. Tilden has not inform→ table tennis for the last ten years,ed the Hongkong L.T.A. when he is and is now 26.

at all.

"I am now thinking of retiring." coming here, he told the Sunday Chronicle yester- When he wrote to the local L.T.A. day. "I am too old for the competi- asking whether it would be all right tive game.

I am putting on weight, for him to bring a professional team which is a handicap in a game that to the Colony, Hongkong officials | needs speed."

wrote back in the affirmative and promised him the necessary support.

But whoever aspires to be the new champion has to beat him, age, or no

AEC

Mr. C. J. Tacchi, Hon, Secretary of the H.K.LT.A., Informed me yester- day that Tilden hnd not replied to his letter, and until a reply was re- ceived here, nothing could be done as regards arrangements,

By Charles Buchan

London, Jan. 7.

It must have cost Arsenul at least Arsenal, for seasons regarded £17,000 to sign these five players to as the team of all the talents, last their pay-roll. night threw a bombshell into the Joe Hulme, in addition to having

According to the Malaya news- The development of the competi-Soccer world by the announcement the men to this effect on the eve of ap

Beven English International Soccer papers, Tilden and his troupe will be cup-tie: um sorry to tell you that tion until it now regularly produces that Joe Hulme, their international enps to his credit, is also a cricketer in Singapore at the end of the month,

these we are hard up, and if you want to about £225,000 has created be signed on again in May you must! huge financial responsibilities, and outside-right had been transferred of distinction, having on four occa- and it also appears that they wi

I recall a club chairman addressing

earn the money to pay your wages. they are unavoidable. Your only chance is to get it through

to Huddersfield.

Ja

To the public whose interest the Cup, and in your interests as well only in the play and the progress

as ours I hope you will take it."

HIGHLY DANGEROUS

of the clubs they are of little con- cern, but they may have a for reach- ing influence and perhaps contribute to the many surprises which Cup have football creates,

It was a highly dangerous warn- ing, because many matches

slons scored over a thousand runs in also play at Kuala Lumpur. It is al- He is the fifth player to leave a season for the premier Middlesex most certain, therefore that even if Tilden does intend to bring his troupe Arsenal for other clubs during the county side. past few weeks.

Hulme also shines at golf. for to Hongkong, it will be sometime In which he has a handicap of alx, and March. can readily run up a break of over 100 at billards.

The others are;

Bowden to Nowcastle, Davidson to Coventry, Dices to Icart of Midlothian, Milne to Addlesbrough.

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